Improvement in shirts



o. H". KEEP.

SHIRTS.

No.188,640. Patented March 20,1877.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER H. KEEP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIRTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,640, dated March20, 1877 application filed April 21, 1876.

' ed certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and. do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthere-- of, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making apartv of this specification, in which is shown a plan view of my partialshirt as prepared for sale. 1

My invention is an improvement upon a similar article for which LettersPatent No. 123,721 were issued to me upon the 13th day of February,1872, and the same reissued No. 6,749, bearing date of November 16,1875, and is intended to increase the facility with which persons whoare not experts may complete the shirt; to which end it consists, as anew. article of manufacture, in a partly-made shirt, having its front,back, sleeves, and bosom fitted and sewed together, leaving the sideseams of the body and of the sleeves unsewed, and said sleeves withoutwristbands, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

1n the annexed drawing, A represents the front, B the bosom, O theneck-band, D the yoke, E the back, and F and F the sleeves of a shirt,all constructed and combined in the usual manner, to enable them tocomform to the shape of a person having certain neck and chestmeasurements and a certain slope of the shoulders.

The side seams of the body and of the sleeves are left unsewed, as theyrequire no particular skill to complete; but those parts which embracethe neck and shoulders of the wearer and in the fitting and joining ofwhich much skill and a special knowledge of shirtmaking is required, arecomplete. The edges of the front and back and the lower ends of thesleeves have sufiicient surplus stock to enable said parts to be fittedto the person who is to Wear the shirt; and in order to complete thearticle it is only necessary that the side seams of the body and sleevesshould be sewed and the wristbands attached.

By means of my improvement purchasers can obtain, at a comparativelysmall cost, partial shirts, which fit neatly and can be completed at atrifling additional expense, and which, when finished, will cost muchless than those completed by manufacturers.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim is- As a new article of manufacture, a partlyniade shirt, havingits front, back, sleeves, and bosom fitted and sewed together, leavingthe side seams of the body and of the sleeves unsewed and said sleeveswithout wristbands, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of April, 1876.

0. H. KEEP. Witnesses:

Gno. S. PRINDLE, JNo. D. PATTEN.

